A Working Memory Deficit among Dyslexic Readers with No Phonological Impairment as Measured Using the N-Back Task: An fNIR Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Sela, Itamar ^a,b   Izzetoglu, Meltem ^a   Izzetoglu, Kurtulus ^a   Onaral, Banu ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; N BACK TASK; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHONETICS; READING; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ARTICULATION DISORDERS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869013218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046527     Document Type: Article

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